1955 Washington Senators Statistics and Roster

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1955 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956)
53-101, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 598 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Managed by Chuck Dressen

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 425,238 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ed Fitz Gerald      31   74  236   28   56   3  1   4   19  25   23  .237  .317  .309   0   1   8   3   5   1   0   72
1B *Mickey Vernon       37  150  538   74  162  23  8  14   85  74   50  .301  .384  .452   0   4  17   3   4   8   9  128
2B *Pete Runnels        27  134  503   66  143  16  4   2   49  55   51  .284  .353  .344   3   9  14   1   4   4   2   91
3B  Eddie Yost          28  122  375   64   91  17  5   7   48  95   54  .243  .407  .371   4   3   7  11   6   3   0  114
SS  Jose Valdivielso    21   94  294   32   65  12  5   2   28  21   38  .221  .277  .316   1   2   6   3   4   3   1   62
OF  Roy Sievers         28  144  509   74  138  20  8  25  106  73   66  .271  .364  .489   1   2  17   4   0   5   3  131
OF  Tom Umphlett        25  110  323   34   70  10  0   2   19  24   35  .217  .271  .266   2   1   5   0   4   0   0   47
OF  Carlos Paula        27  115  351   34  105  20  7   6   45  17   43  .299  .332  .447   2   3   9   2   0   4   3  111
   #Ernie Oravetz       23  100  263   24   71   5  1   0   25  26   19  .270  .336  .297   1   2   5   1   4   2   0   74
   *Clint Courtney      28   75  238   26   71   8  4   2   30  19    9  .298  .349  .391   0   0   4   1   3   3   4  102
    Jim Busby           28   47  191   23   44   6  2   6   14  13   22  .230  .279  .377   5   0   4   0   4   0   1   78
    Johnny Groth        28   63  183   22   40   4  5   2   17  18   18  .219  .286  .328   2   0   5   0   2   2   0   67
    Bobby Kline         26   77  140   12   31   5  0   0    9  11   27  .221  .288  .257   0   0   3   2   3   0   0   50
    Juan Delis          27   54  132   12   25   3  1   0   11   3   15  .189  .219  .227   1   2   2   2   2   0   0   22
    Jerry Snyder        25   46  107    7   24   5  0   0    5   6    6  .224  .265  .271   1   1   4   0   4   0   0   47
    Harmon Killebrew    19   38   80   12   16   1  0   4    7   9   31  .200  .281  .363   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   75
    Bruce Edwards       31   30   57    5   10   2  0   0    3  16    6  .175  .356  .211   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   58
    Tony Roig           27   29   57    3   13   1  1   0    4   2   15  .228  .254  .281   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   46
    Jerry Schoonmaker   21   20   46    5    7   0  1   1    4   5   11  .152  .235  .261   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   36
    Steve Korcheck      22   13   36    3   10   2  0   0    2   0    5  .278  .297  .333   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   72
    Jim Lemon           27   10   25    3    5   2  0   1    3   3    4  .200  .286  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   86
   *Jesse Levan         28   16   16    1    3   0  0   1    4   0    2  .188  .188  .375   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   51
   *Julio Becquer       23   10   14    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    1  .214  .214  .214   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
   *Tom Wright          31    7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Oldis           27    6    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .143  .000   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -58

   *Mickey McDermott    26   70   95   10   25   4  0   1   10   6   16  .263  .311  .337   1   0   1   1   1   1   0   77
    Bob Porterfield     31   30   63    3   12   3  1   0    7   0   15  .190  .185  .270   0   0   3   0   5   2   0   23
    Johnny Schmitz      34   32   54    5   10   3  0   0    5   1    7  .185  .200  .241   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   20
   *Dean Stone          24   43   46    1    2   0  0   0    0   3   23  .043  .120  .043   0   0   0   1  10   0   0  -54
   #Pedro Ramos         20   59   38    6    3   0  0   0    0   2   18  .079  .125  .079   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  -43
   *Chuck Stobbs        25   41   35    3    6   1  0   0    1   8    7  .171  .326  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   46
    Camilo Pascual      21   43   32    2    7   0  0   0    0   1    2  .219  .242  .219   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   27
    Ted Abernathy       22   40   26    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    6  .154  .154  .154   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -16
    Spec Shea           34   27   10    1    4   2  0   0    2   0    3  .400  .400  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  170
    Bob Chakales        27   29    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Webbo Clarke        27    7    6    0    1   0  0   0    3   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -9
   *Bunky Stewart       24    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4  154 5142  598 1277 178 54  80  566 538  654  .248  .320  .351  25  32 127  36  79  38  23   89
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    7    7   7  2   7        7    6     7     6     7   7   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Porterfield     31  30   4.45  10  17  0  27   2   8   2  178.0  197  103   88  14   54   74  770   0   2  0   5  89
SP *Dean Stone          24  43   4.15   6  13  1  24   5   5   1  180.0  180   98   83  14  114   84  814   9   3  0   5  95
SP *Johnny Schmitz      34  32   3.71   7  10  1  21   6   6   1  165.0  187   76   68   8   54   49  723   2   7  0   4 107
SP *Mickey McDermott    26  31   3.75  10  10  1  20   7   8   1  156.0  140   75   65   9  100   78  700   4   9  0   2 106

CL  Pedro Ramos         20  45   3.88   5  11  5   9  22   3   1  130.0  121   62   56  13   39   34  548   2  11  1   3 102
RP  Bob Chakales        27  29   5.27   2   3  0   0  11   0   0   54.7   55   38   32   4   25   28  242   2   1  1   3  75
RP  Camilo Pascual      21  43   6.14   2  12  3  16  12   1   0  129.0  158   94   88   5   70   82  605   2   6  1   6  65
RP  Ted Abernathy       22  40   5.96   5   9  0  14  12   3   2  119.3  136   87   79   9   67   79  553   2   7  0   1  66
RP *Chuck Stobbs        25  41   5.00   4  14  3  16  13   2   0  140.3  169   90   78  13   57   60  634   2   1  0   8  79

    Spec Shea           34  27   3.99   2   2  2   4  16   1   1   56.3   53   31   25   4   27   16  246   2   1  0   0  99
   *Webbo Clarke        27   7   4.64   0   0  0   2   5   0   0   21.3   17   11   11   2   14    9   93   0   0  0   0  85
   *Bunky Stewart       24   7   4.11   0   0  0   1   2   0   0   15.3   18    7    7   0    6   10   69   0   0  0   1  96
    Bill Currie         26   3  12.46   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    7    7    6   3    2    2   24   1   1  0   0  32
   *Vince Gonzales      29   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    6    6    6   0    3    1   15   0   0  0   0  15
    Dick Hyde           26   3   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    1    9   0   0  0   1  88
    Bobby Kline         26   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    4    3    3   1    1    0    8   0   0  0   0  15
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 154   4.62  53 101 16 154 117  37  10 1354.0 1450  789  695  99  634  607 6053  28  49  3  39  86
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   8   1  7           6   5      8    7    7        1    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EFitz Geral 72 304 30 6 5 .982 8 CCourtney 67 252 29 5 4 .983 4 BEdwards 22 88 11 2 2 .980 3 SKorcheck 12 46 7 0 2 1.000 2 BOldis 6 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 702 78 13 13 .984 17 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 144 1258 69 8 137 .994 9.22 RSievers 17 112 5 1 16 .992 6.88 JBecquer 2 15 2 0 2 1.000 8.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1385 76 9 155 .994 9.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRunnels 132 349 338 17 107 .976 5.20 JSnyder 22 66 63 3 24 .977 5.86 BKline 4 9 7 0 3 1.000 4.00 HKillebrew 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 JDelis 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 TRoig 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 426 408 20 134 .977 5.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EYost 107 100 217 19 22 .943 2.96 JDelis 24 11 45 5 6 .918 2.33 HKillebrew 23 23 49 5 3 .935 3.13 TRoig 8 6 12 3 1 .857 2.25 BEdwards 5 5 8 1 3 .929 2.60 BKline 3 1 3 1 0 .800 1.33 RSievers 2 4 7 0 0 1.000 5.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 150 341 34 35 .935 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JValdiviels 94 160 317 22 69 .956 5.07 BKline 69 97 153 15 35 .943 3.62 TRoig 21 15 40 4 10 .932 2.62 JSnyder 20 12 5 1 0 .944 0.85 PRunnels 2 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 284 517 43 114 .949 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RSievers 129 247 5 3 0 .988 1.95 129 0 0 TUmphlett 103 237 8 3 1 .988 2.38 18 62 23 CPaula 85 154 5 10 3 .941 1.87 6 0 80 EOravetz 57 117 1 4 0 .967 2.07 0 17 42 JGroth 48 122 2 2 1 .984 2.58 12 40 1 JBusby 47 132 1 1 0 .993 2.83 0 47 0 JSchoonmake 15 22 2 1 0 .960 1.60 5 3 7 JDelis 8 13 0 1 0 .929 1.62 2 0 6 JLemon 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.00 1 0 5 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1056 24 26 5 .976 2.39 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DStone 43 4 23 0 2 1.000 1.35 BPorterfiel 30 8 28 1 2 .973 1.82 JSchmitz 32 8 40 0 3 1.000 2.62 MMcDermott 31 3 30 2 1 .943 1.90 CStobbs 41 12 28 0 1 1.000 2.57 PRamos 45 7 20 1 1 .964 1.87 CPascual 43 8 31 2 1 .951 2.72 TAbernathy 40 8 22 1 2 .968 2.26 SShea 27 3 7 2 0 .833 1.60 BChakales 29 1 12 0 1 1.000 2.14 WClarke 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.11 BStewart 7 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.76 BCurrie 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 DHyde 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VGonzales 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BKline 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 63 251 9 15 .972 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Vernon .301

On-base % Vernon .384

Slugging % Sievers .489

OPS Sievers .853

Games Vernon 150

At Bats Vernon 538

Plate Appearances (approx.) Vernon 627

Runs Sievers and Vernon 74

Hits Vernon 162

Total Bases Sievers 249

Doubles Vernon 23

Triples Sievers and Vernon 8

Home Runs Sievers 25

RBI Sievers 106

Bases on Balls Yost 95

Strikeouts Sievers 66

Stolen Bases Busby 5

Singles Runnels 121

Adjusted OPS+ Sievers 131

Runs Created Vernon 93

Adjusted Batting Runs Vernon 23

Batting Wins Vernon 2.2

Extra-Base Hits Sievers 53

Times on Base Vernon 239

Offensive Win% Sievers .628

Hit By Pitch Yost 11

Sac. Hits Stone 10

Sac. Flies Vernon 8

Intentional Walks Vernon 9

Grounded into Double Plays Sievers and Vernon 17

Caught Stealing Runnels 9

Power/Speed Number Busby 5.5

At Bats per Strikeout Vernon 10.8

At Bats per Home Run Sievers 20.4

Outs Vernon 409

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ERA Schmitz 3.71

Wins McDermott and Porterfield 10

Won-Loss % McDermott .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Porterfield 1.410

Hits Allowed/9IP McDermott 8.08

Bases on Balls/9IP Porterfield 2.73

Strikeouts/9IP McDermott 4.50

Games Ramos 45

Saves Ramos 5

Innings Stone 180.0

Strikeouts Stone 84

Games Started Porterfield 27

Comp. Games McDermott and Porterfield 8

Shutouts Abernathy and Porterfield 2

Home Runs Allow. Porterfield and Stone 14

Bases On Balls Allow. Stone 114

Hits Allowed Porterfield 197

SO to Walk Porterfield 1.37

Losses Porterfield 17

Earned Runs Allow. Pascual and Porterfield 88

Wild Pitches Stone 9

Hit Batsmen Ramos 11

Batters Faced Stone 814

Games Finished Ramos 22

Adjusted ERA+ Schmitz 107

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Mickey Vernon (Starting 1B)

1954/1956

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